Stuffing Love

Chapter 2:

As the red head had predicted he did not fall asleep. he stayed up the whole night. The blond, human? Stuffed animal?, had passed out quite a while back. It seemed it had taken a lot out of him to transform. Gaara had been pondering about this new turn of events all night. What was he to do? Was he really seeing this or should he give a call to the doctor. He decided he would wait and see what happened after tomorrow. Maybe the ... Issue would go away on it's own. Things rarely turned out like that though. He sighed and rubbed his temples. It was really such a pain. He didn't need this now.

Naruto gave a mutter in his sleep and turned onto his back. Gaara watched him a moment. What was he going to do if the boy did not turn back into the stuffed fox? Was he going to have to spend the rest of his life hiding the boy? It would be pretty had to explain the ears and tails to anyone. They would take Naruto away for tests and such.

Gaara was a bit taken back as the boy he still stared at spoke. "Is something wrong?" The fox boy yawned and stretched. Gaara watched as the tail switched around.

"Will you go back to the stuffed form?" It seemed a bit rude to ask, not that he was trying to be, he just wanted to know.

"Ano, I'm not sure."Naruto confessed rubbing the back of his head. "I mean... I've only changed one other time, and when you left I was changed back. So I guess if I am not around you I will." The blond frowned lightly. He wasn't that happy about the idea of going back to the stuffed fox form he. He liked having legs, eating and being able to speak. He didn't like the idea of Gaara not wanting him though. He understood... Kind of.

"So if I leave you return." Gaara stored this information. "I will be going to school in a few hours." The redhead pointed out.

"What's that?" The blond sat up tucking a foot under the other. He had never heard of it before. He was sure he had never been. He had only been in the building. If Gaara had to go outside of the building to get there he had never been to the place.

"A place where they try and teach you things."

"Could I go?" Naruto asked, a bit hopeful at the idea of leaving the place.

"No." Was the short reply.

"Why not?" Naruto puffed out his cheeks and pouted.

"Because. Humans do not have ears and tails like those. Besides, I'd have no way to get you in. You have no records or anything. You are a stuffed animal."

"I guess your right." I blond laughed, though Gaara thought it was a bit fake. "Well, does it take long?"

"I'll be gone about ten hours." Gaara was pretty sure it would be less... Depending on if he was going to have to take the bus or if he could ride in a car with his siblings. Speaking of them, he thought everyone should be getting up soon. He needed to get dressed.

"Oh." Naruto licked his dry lips. He wasn't sure how long he could be away from the other boy. He watched as the redhead stood and grabbed some clothes. "Okay. So I can just wait for you here."

"Hn." Gaara replied. As he headed to take a shower. He wasn't sure why the idea of having the other home waiting for his returned sounded... Better than he thought it would. Once cleaned and dress he returned to the room to find the blond gone. He could smell something cooking and wondered how a stuffed animal knew how to cook. It turned out he only knew of one thing. Gaara entered the kitchen to find Ramen Noodles sitting on the table. He regretted showing the boy how to make them.

Naruto smiled. "I thought you might want to eat first?"

"That's not really what people eat in the morning." The blond gave a puzzled look and Gaara decided he did not have time to explain this to the other teen. Instead he sat down and ate. He glanced at the clock and figured he should go a move on. After all if he was catching the bus he had to be there on time. "Don't burn the place down, stay out of sight and try not to make any noise. It will be hard to explain if my father or brother heard you up here."

As it turned out he was to catch a ride with his sister and the ride was not that interesting. Gaara sat in the back while Temari drove. He looked out the window. It seemed the place had not changed in his time away. It was raining again. It seemed to always be raining. Gaara looked up at the school. It seemed the place was livly as a lot of students seemed to be entering. Not that he had plans or hopes of making friends, but he wondered how many will know who he was or what he did. Everyone it would seem. He could feel the eyes on him as he walked down the hall. He listened to the whispers in his classes and he was asked questions by those bold enough at lunch.

One of those was sitting across from him. He had class with the boy, he could tell he was popular by the amount of followers he had. Gaara glanced up from his plate as the boy spoke his first question. "So, is it true?"

Gaara's black trimmed eyes glared into the dark ones of the boy. His name was Sasuke if Gaara's memory was correct. The dark hair boy returned the glare. "If they are?"

"So what, like, they let you off cause your age?" A female student that Gaara did not know had spoke, she had shorter pink hair.

"Still shouldn't you be locked away?" The second female spoke, the light blond.

Gaara watched the three as they watched him. He really hated people. They could never mind their own. But, Gaara caught a glimpse of a pack of smokes on the male. "Where can I smoke here?"His monotone voice asked.

Sasuke gave a 'hn' and stood up. Gaara followed the other lead and the two headed to the back of the building, outside. The first hit was almost enough to make Gaara feel high. He had been trying to keep his smoking down, not sure how he would go about buying more. This was a small town and he didn't know if he could get a family member to buy them for him. He was being stared down by the other boy. "Need something?" Gaara asked, he was given another unintelligent remark before the boy spoke actual words.

"So, did you really kill three people?"

"Yes." Gaara replied. He was sure they all knew it was true anyhow. He didn't care that they knew. Maybe it would give him some peace if even from just this one person.

"You think it makes you a bad ass? You were like five right?" Gaara wondered if the other way trying to pick a fight.

"Yes, I was five." Gaara left the first question unanswered. Though he did not want to get in a fight on his first day, he would if needed to.

"Bells about to ring." The boy spoke crushing his smoke under his foot before starting back. Gaara was a bit confused but did the same and followed.

The end of school forced him to get in the car once more with Temari. She looked as if she was having a fight with herself. She soon spoke. "How was it? I mean your first day?" She added glancing at him from the mirror.

"As good as I expected." He replied looking at her. He didn't think she really wanted to hear all of the details.

"Oh, okay." She left it alone after that. Once home Gaara headed up to his own place. He entered the shop to see his father and brother at work. Neither seemed to have any thing to say to him, so he figured Naruto had behaved enough.

Once inside the apartment known as his room, Gaara locked the door and started to look for Naruto. He found the boy sitting by the window looking out. The boy smiled as he turned to face Gaara. It seemed he had helped himself to some of Gaara's things, not that the redhead minded. It was better than him wearing just boxers.

"Welcome home!" Naruto announced getting up out of the seat.

Gaara gave a nod. "I guess you got along alright. Place is still in one piece and all."

A/N: It's a bit short. hope you enjoy and will update as soon as I can!

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